Schlitzauge

German

Etymology

Schlitz (“slit”) +‎ Auge (“eye”).

Noun

Schlitzauge n (genitive Schlitzauges, plural Schlitzaugen)

  1. almond-shaped eye; Mongoloid eye; Asian eye
    Die meisten Chinesen haben Schlitzaugen.
    Most Chinese have almond-shaped eyes.
  2. (pejorative, offensive) Chink; gook; slanteye (East Asian person)
    An meiner Uni wimmelt es von Schlitzaugen.
    My uni is full of gooks.

Declension

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.